Posts tagged with ‘Canada

Problem-Based Medical Microbiology : A Handbook for Medical Students

November 16th, 2008

This book is a valuable supplementary test for the 2nd year medial students. This unique problem-based medical microbiology text is a product of many years of clinical service experience as a professional clinical microbiologist based at a major teaching hospital affiliated with the McMaster Univesity in Canada. The objective [...]

MAXIMUS Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.10 Per Share

October 16th, 2008

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share, payable on November 28, 2008 to shareholders of record on November 14, 2008.
MAXIMUS is a leading provider of government services and is devoted to providing health and human services program management [...]

Independent Review of MAXIMUS-Administered California SCHIP Program Yields Exceptional Results

October 11th, 2008

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services, announced today that it received exceptional results under an independent review performed by The Lewin Group for its administration of California’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Healthy Families program with an error rate of just 0.04%.
Under the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) program administered by the Centers [...]

Kaplan University Graduates 2,278 Online Students

August 3rd, 2008

Hundreds of online Kaplan University students from all across the United States, and from Canada, Guam and the Virgin Islands, gathered at the Chicago Symphony Theatre today to celebrate a milestone event—their college graduation. Juli Norell, the student speaker, commended her fellow graduates for overcoming obstacles to achieve their dreams.
In Norell’s case, the obstacle was [...]

International Guest Scholarships 2009 - American College of Surgeons

March 31st, 2008

The American College of Surgeons offers International Guest Scholarships to competent young surgeons from countries other than the United States or Canada who have demonstrated strong interests in teaching and research. The scholarships, in the amount of $8,000 each, provide the Scholars with an opportunity to visit clinical, teaching, and research activities in North America [...]

PEO holds sale for scholarships

June 13th, 2006

Money raised from the Philanthropic Educational Organization’s garage sale this week will be used for scholarships for women.
The sale will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday at 1961 Howland-Wilson Road, N.E., Items include books, sporting goods, saddle, Time Life records and others.
The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded January 21, 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College, [...]

China to fund more scholars to study abroad

May 30th, 2006

The Chinese government is to fund more scholars to study abroad to help meet the demand for skills in its social and economic development, the Ministry of Education said in Beijng Monday.
Cao Guoxing, director-general with the Ministry’s International Cooperation and Exchanges Department, said the central budget allocated 2.2 billion yuan (275 million U.S. dollars) to [...]

AEA Educational Foundation Awards Scholarships

April 25th, 2006

The Aircraft Electronics Association announced the names of 26 students who were awarded $100,000 in scholarships for the 2006/2007 school year during the Opening Ceremonies of the 49th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show, held in Palm Springs, CA last week.
In addition, the Educational Foundation also announced the addition of a $2,000 annual award [...]

Astral Media Scholarship for diversity in radio broadcasting

March 17th, 2006

Astral Media is proud to announce its annual scholarship for diversity in broadcasting. The scholarship, worth $5,000, is geared towards encouraging a francophone student from a visible minority or Aboriginal background to pursue his or her university studies in broadcasting.
Through this initiative, Astral Media reinforces its support for up-and-coming talent and for developing a broad [...]

The Nebraska Bankers Association (NBA) Award Scholarships To Eight Nebraska Students

March 9th, 2006

The Nebraska Bankers Association (NBA) is pleased to announce the 2006 recipients of the Nebraska Bankers Educational Foundation (NBEF) General Scholarship Fund and the William B. Brandt Memorial Scholarship Fund. The eight, $1,000 scholarships have been awarded through a statewide scholarship program to assist students pursuing business-related degrees.
The scholarship winners and nominating bankers are as [...]